Divine and human agency in Paul and his cultural environment

Publication Data

• Title Divine and human agency in Paul and his cultural environment
• Contributors John M. G. Barclay, Simon J. Gathercole
• Publisher T & T Clark
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location London
• Language English

Contents

Introduction / John M. G. Barclay
Inner-Jewish debate on the tension between divine and human agency in second temple Judaism / Gabriele Boccaccini
Predestination and free will in the theology of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Phillip S. Alexander
Tension between God's command and Israel's obedience as reflected in the early rabbinic literature / Friedrich Avemarie
Paul's anthropological "pessimism" in its Jewish context / Stephen Westerholm
Constructing an antithesis : Pauline and other Jewish perspectives on divine and human agency / Francis Watson
Self-sufficiency and power : divine and human agency in Epictetus and Paul / Troels Engberg-Pedersen
"By the grace of God I am what I am" : grace and agency in Philo and Paul / John M. G. Barclay
Sin in God's economy : agencies in Romans 1 and 7 / Simon Gathercole
Epilogue: an essay in Pauline meta-ethics / J. Louis Martyn.

Topics

• Asthenia :: Biblical teaching
• 013767190

Divine and human agency in Paul and his cultural environment. ISBN 9780567084439. Published by T & T Clark in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.